发布时间:2024-05-14 15:04
变更时间:Tuesday 14th May 2024 15:04:27

10 Difficult Skills that Pay Off Forever

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In life, there are lots of skills we need to learn to navigate the world. We go to school to learn how to read, write, and do math. These skills are foundational to getting into college, getting our first  jobs, and living as a citizen in society. But there are some skills you don’t get  taught in school that can help you grow and that end up paying off not just in the short term, but throughout your whole life. These skills can be difficult to master, but their longterm benefits far outweigh any frustrations   we might experience trying to learn them. Here are 10 difficult skills that, once you’ve learned them, will pay off forever:

		   
在生活中，我们需要学习很多技能来驾驭世界。我们上学学习如何阅读、写作和做数学题。这些技能是进入大学、找到第一份工作以及作为社会公民生活的基础。但有些技能是学校没有教的，它们可以帮助你成长，不仅在短期内，而且在你的一生中都会有所回报。这些技能可能很难掌握，但它们的长期益处远远超过我们在学习过程中可能遇到的挫折。以下是 10 种难以掌握的技能，一旦学会，你将永远受益：
		
	

00:38 1.Working Out Consistently
The hardest part about working out isn’t lifting weights, running long distances, or folding into those yoga poses. The hardest part is actually working out consistently. Learning how to make time in your life, at all  stages of your life, to go to the gym, hit the pavement, or roll out your yoga mat is one of the greatest battles you may face within yourself. Even though it’s all in your head, learning to work out consistently will have immense short and long term benefits.Working out releases endorphins, controls weight, reduces your risk of   cardiovascular(心血管) disease, type 2 diabetes(2型糖尿病), metabolic syndrome (代谢综合征) and even some cancers. Improving your strength has mental and physical benefits that will echo throughout the rest of your life. If you can master exercising consistently, the pay off will be huge.

		   
健身最难的部分不是举重、长跑，也不是折叠瑜伽姿势。最难的是坚持不懈地锻炼。在人生的各个阶段，学会如何在生活中挤出时间去健身房、走在人行道上或铺开瑜伽垫，是你可能面临的最大的自我挑战之一。 尽管这一切都在你的一念之间，但学会坚持锻炼将带来巨大的短期和长期益处。锻炼能释放内啡肽，控制体重，降低患心血管疾病、2 型糖尿病、代谢综合征甚至某些癌症的风险。增强体力对身心的益处将贯穿您的余生。 如果你能坚持锻炼，回报将是巨大的。 
		
	

01:37 2.Personal Finance Skills
No matter how much money you make, if you learn personal finance skills, you can help improve your financial situation. Do research on personal finance and read books like “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, “The 80/20 Principle” by Richard Koch, or "Financial Freedom" by Grant Sabatier. Learning how to create a budget, save money, and invest in yourself is a huge asset. When you learn personal finance skills and can keep track of where your money is going, you’ve set your future self up for success.

		   
无论你挣多少钱，只要你学会了个人理财技巧，就能帮助改善你的财务状况。 研究个人理财，阅读罗伯特-清崎（Robert Kiyosaki）的《富爸爸，穷爸爸》（Rich Dad, Poor Dad）、理查德-科赫（Richard Koch）的《80/20 原则》（The 80/20 Principle）或格兰特-萨巴蒂尔（Grant Sabatier）的《财务自由》（Financial Freedom）等书籍。  学会如何编制预算、存钱和投资自己是一笔巨大的财富。当你学会了个人理财技巧并能掌握自己的资金去向时，你就为未来的自己奠定了成功的基础。
		
	

02:06 3.Meditation
Sitting in silence for any amount of time can be difficult. Many people practice meditation their entire lives to improve their meditation  skills.But science shows that even meditating for just a few minutes a day can have vast improvements on your life and brain. Meditation can help you focus on the present moment, build stress-management skills, increase creativity and patience, and reduce negative emotions. Meditation also has some major longterm benefits. In a study done by UCLA, “ Forever Young(er): potential age-defying effects of long-term  meditation on gray matter atrophy” — they found that “gray matter loss was less pronounced in meditators ” than in non-meditators. Essentially, it can help keep your brain preserved as you age!

		   
长时间静坐是一件困难的事。许多人终其一生都在练习冥想，以提高他们的冥想技巧。但科学表明，即使每天只冥想几分钟，也能对你的生活和大脑产生巨大的改善作用。 冥想可以帮助您专注于当下，培养压力管理技能，提高创造力和耐心，减少负面情绪。冥想还有一些重大的长期益处。  在加州大学洛杉矶分校进行的一项名为 “永葆青春：长期冥想对灰质萎缩的潜在抗衰老作用 ”的研究中，他们发现 “冥想者的灰质损失没有非冥想者那么明显”。从根本上说，冥想可以让您的大脑随着年龄的增长而得到保护！
		
	

02:56 4.Verbal & Written Communication Skills
The way you communicate with the world determines how the world interacts with you. If you can verbally communicate your needs, thoughts, and goals with others in an effective way, you have a superpower that will help you get very far in business, relationships, and life.Being able to communicate with the written word also goes a long way — from being able to craft an email asking your boss for a raise, to writing out a business proposal, being able to communicate through writing has enormous benefits for your life longterm. As Tony Robbins has said, “To effectively   communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world   and use this understanding as a guide  to our communication with others.”

		   
你与世界沟通的方式决定了世界与你互动的方式。如果你能以有效的方式与他人口头交流你的需求、想法和目标，那么你就拥有了一种超能力，它将帮助你在事业、人际关系和生活中走得更远。能够用书面文字进行交流也大有裨益--从能够撰写一封要求老板加薪的电子邮件，到写出一份商业建议书，能够通过书面交流对你的人生有着长期的巨大好处。正如托尼-罗宾斯所说：“要想有效地沟通，我们必须认识到，我们每个人感知世界的方式都是不同的，并将这种理解作为我们与他人沟通的指南”。
		
	

03:44 5.Waking Up Early
For some, waking up early is as natural as breathing.  For others, it takes some getting used to.  However, waking up early is one of those skills that can help you reclaim your day, get more hours, and work on the things that matter most to you. Many high-earning CEOs have early morning routines such as Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, Howard Schultz, Jeff Weiner, Martha Stewart, Tim Cook, and Bob Iger. The most important aspect of waking up early is that it forces you to plan your day consciously, instead of just letting other people dictate when you wake up. When you take control of your schedule, you can make room for the things that really matter and improve your life.

		   
对有些人来说，早起就像呼吸一样自然。 而对其他人来说，则需要一段时间才能习惯。 然而，早起是一种技能，可以帮助你重新找回一天的时间，获得更多的时间，并从事对你来说最重要的事情。 许多高收入的首席执行官都有早起的习惯，比如杰夫-贝索斯、奥普拉-温弗瑞、埃隆-马斯克、霍华德-舒尔茨、杰夫-韦纳、玛莎-斯图尔特、蒂姆-库克和鲍勃-艾格。早起最重要的一点是，它迫使你有意识地规划自己的一天，而不是在你起床时任由别人指示。当你掌控了自己的日程安排，就能为真正重要的事情腾出空间，改善自己的生活。 
		
	

04:30 6.Public Speaking
Knowing how to command a crowd can have huge advantages throughout the rest of your life. If you can communicate to a large audience, keep their attention, and express your opinions and thoughts, you’ll get a long way towards accomplishing your goals and aspirations. Public speaking also helps improve your social connections, leadership skills, logical thinking skills, and more.

		   
懂得如何在人群中指挥若定，对你的一生都大有裨益。如果你能与众多听众交流，吸引他们的注意力，表达自己的观点和想法，你就能在实现目标和愿望的道路上走得更远。 公众演讲还有助于提高你的社交能力、领导能力、逻辑思维能力等。
		
	

04:55 7.Get Honest With Yourself
Sometimes, looking at ourselves honestly is one of the hardest things we can do. But if we don’t understand the truth of ourselves and  our problems, we can never work to overcome them. Learning how to look at yourself honestly and get real with your issues will help you break through barriers so much faster than if you kept telling yourself lies. In the words of Gift Gugu Mona “You can never be  true to others, if you keep on lying to yourself.”

		   
有时，诚实地审视自己是我们能做的最困难的事情之一。但是，如果我们不了解自己和自己问题的真相，就永远无法努力克服它们。 学习如何诚实地看待自己，真实地面对自己的问题，会帮助你更快地突破障碍，而不是一味地对自己撒谎。用 Gift Gugu Mona 的话来说，“如果你一直对自己撒谎，你就永远无法对别人真诚”。 
		
	

05:25 8.Leadership
Maya Angelou is quoted as saying “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” Learning how to lead helps improve your career  options and opportunities, boosts your confidence, and helps bring your vision to life.Without  leadership skills, it’s very hard to make change in the world. Doing it alone is almost never as effective as bringing a team together. If you can master leadership skills, you’ll see it’s rewards forever.

		   
玛雅-安杰洛曾说过：“如果一个人幸运的话，一个孤独的幻想可以完全改变一百万个现实”。 学习如何领导有助于改善你的职业选择和机会，增强你的自信心，并有助于将你的愿景变为现实。没有领导技能，就很难改变世界。单打独斗几乎永远比不上团队合作有效。 如果你能掌握领导技能，你将永远看到它的回报。 
		
	

05:56 9.Decision Making
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube once said “Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top.  ‘Here, open it, it’s perfect. You’ll love it.’   Opportunities – the good ones –  are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They’re risky. They challenge you.” One of the hardest parts of life is simply deciding what path to take in any given situation. Sometimes, we can get decision paralysis, which occurs when there are so many options, we can’t choose one, so we end up doing nothing. But if you can master the skill of making decisions, sorting through your options, and making a choice from confidence, you can keep moving forward without wasting time. 
Part of decision making is accepting that you  can’t know the outcomes of every possible option. You can only know what you know now, so you have to make the best decision with that information. If you discover later down the road that you should have done something differently, learn how to pivot quickly and without guilt.

		   
Youtube 首席执行官苏珊-沃西基（Susan Wojcicki）曾说过："机会很少以完美的方式呈现在你面前。  在一个漂亮的小盒子里，上面还有一个黄色的蝴蝶结。 '来，打开它，它很完美。你会爱上它的。  机遇--好的机遇--是混乱的、令人困惑的、难以识别的。它们充满风险。它们会挑战你”。生活中最难的部分之一就是决定在任何情况下该走哪条路。 有时，我们会出现决策瘫痪，这是因为有太多的选择，我们无法取舍，所以最终什么也没做。但是，如果你能掌握做决定的技巧，梳理你的选项，并从自信中做出选择，你就能继续前进，而不会浪费时间。 
决策的一部分就是接受这样一个事实：你不可能知道每一个可能选项的结果。  你只能知道你现在所知道的，所以你必须根据这些信息做出最好的决定。如果日后你发现自己本应采取不同的做法，要学会如何迅速转向，而不感到内疚。
		
	

07:05 10.Listening 
In The '7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change' by Stephen R.Covey, he writes that “most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Listeners are learners. When you can learn how to listen, you’ll learn all kinds of useful information. Being able to listen can help you close a sales deal that’s about to fall through. It can help you repair relationships with friends and family. It can show you new things you never knew before.

		   
在史蒂芬-柯维所著的《高效能人士的七个习惯》： 中写道：“大多数人倾听的目的不是为了理解，而是为了回答”。倾听者是学习者。当你学会如何倾听时，你就能学到各种有用的信息。善于倾听可以帮助你完成一笔即将失败的销售交易。它能帮你修复与朋友和家人的关系。 它还能向你展示你从未了解过的新事物。
		
	

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Realize that you don’t know everything and start listening to those around you, they might just have something valuable to share. Try cultivating these ten skills in your own life and see how they affect your life both in the short and long term. It might just surprise you.

		   
认识到自己并不是什么都懂，开始倾听身边的人，他们也许会分享一些有价值的东西。试着在自己的生活中培养这十种技能，看看它们对你的短期和长期生活有何影响。也许会让你大吃一惊。